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Crusoes and other castaways in modern French literature : solitary adventures

Title
Crusoes and other castaways in modern French literature : solitary adventures / Joseph Acquisto.
Author
Acquisto, Joseph, 1975-
Publication
Newark [Del.] : University of Delaware Press ; Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2012.

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Description
ix, 271 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Crusoe, Robinson (Fictitious character)
  • Adventure stories, French > History and criticism
  • French literature > 19th century > History and criticism
  • French literature > 20th century > History and criticism
  • Adventure and adventurers in literature
  • Castaways in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Children of Rousseau: castaways and solitaries in the early nineteenth-century novel -- What is the moral of this story?: the popular Robinsonnade in the nineteenth century -- Toward the inner solitary adventure: reading, adventure, solitude -- Turning inward: the Robinson of the poets -- Adventure in new territory: the solitary adventure novel 1921-1972 -- Children of Tournier: the late twentieth century and beyond.
Call Number
JFE 12-7430
ISBN
  • 9781611494068 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 1611494060 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9781611494075 (electronic)
  • 1611494079 (electronic)
LCCN
2012017564
OCLC
YBP 2012017564
Author
Acquisto, Joseph, 1975-
Title
Crusoes and other castaways in modern French literature : solitary adventures / Joseph Acquisto.
Imprint
Newark [Del.] : University of Delaware Press ; Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2012.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 12-7430
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